I know this is rather important, so I put some fuel in my baby today and pressurized my new system for the first time. Good news was there were no leaks, but the fuel pressure was acting oddly.

When I first turned on the pump it filled the carb (it is a QFT so it has the nice little windows - front one fuel was half way up the window, back one you can just see air at the top of the window). Initially the pressure ran up to between 6 and 7 PSI and I was pretty happy, but after checking for leaks I turned on the pump again, the gauge had shown pressure dropping to zero pretty quickly, but when the pump came on it shot up past 9 PSI, and it sat there. I turned it off and looked for the tools to adjust it, when I came back I tried it again, and it jumped to 9-10, then fell back to 6.

A few more tests and it is now consistently sitting above 9 PSI. I backed off the nut and backed out the screw as far as I dare, but the pressure is remaining up above 9 PSI.

What are the odds of a bad regulator vs a bad gauge? Is my process wrong (i.e. do I need to have the engine running to set the regulator?

So I want to have an oil pressure gauge, oil pressure sending unit (I miss my idiot light), and an oil pressure cut off switch. Problem is space and using t-connectors is pretty kludgy - especially on the 4WD where the oil filter sticks out sideways. I've been told there is a manifold block or such that I can get that will allow three outputs from one input, but I am not having any success with my somewhat random google searches.

I'm sure someone in this group has wanted to do something similar - any suggestions as to the term I should be looking up?

I had the engine mostly assembled when I realized the machinist had put the rear cam plug in backwards (concave rather than convex). To remove it I had to drive it out from one side and did a little damage to the chamfered lip. Being a rookie at this I have no idea what kind of pressures this seal will be exposed to, I realize it is right up at the end of the cam which will be spinning at 1/2 engine rpm, so there may be considerable local oil pressure.

My question - is the Motorcraft diesel silicone good enough or should I consider something else, such as epoxy to complete the seal? Do I need to worry about the new seal (I have the right part) going in too far and taking the endplay out of the cam?